Now youre ready to install the white facing onto the gauges. Cut the supplied adhesive into small squares. These hold the gauge faces in place until the unit is reassembled, so youll need only one or two on each face.

Peel the paper off the adhesive tape squares and gently slide the face over the needle. DO NOT REMOVE THE NEEDLES FROM THE GAUGES. Also, be sure to align the lettering on the new faces with the lettering of the old faces, or theyll always appear out of focus.

The new gauge faces have a clear plastic coating to protect them, and it would be wise to keep that clear plastic on until you get all the gauge faces installed to protect against fingerprints and smudges.

When you install the black background to the cluster it will hold the face covers in place tightly against the gauges. Make sure there is no interference on any of the dials before you put the clear plastic cover on.

Reinstall the gauge-cluster trim, hook up the wires to the controls, and youre ready to put the gauges back into the dash. You can see how much the gauges stand out with their new white background. Theyll have a nice blue tone when you turn on the lights.

When installing the gauge cluster back into the dash, theres a little clip that must snap into place correctly or the cluster wont fit. If you have any problems fitting the cluster, see if theres anything in the way of this tab.

With the cluster in place, all you have to do is reverse the process used to disassembled the console, taking care that all of the electrical connections are secure.

There's no doubt that the dash cluster of the C5 Corvette can be a little dusky in appearance, and this is only accentuated when the interior of the car is also completely black. West Coast Corvettes has a white-faced gauge kit that will turn up the volume on your dreary cluster, making it look great day or night.

With the console back in the car, it's evident how much of a difference something as simple as changing the color of the gauge faces makes. It can't be stressed enough that you should take the time to align the gauge faces so the lettering matches that of the original gauges. It will be obvious every time your dash lights come on if you don't. That one step can make or break the whole job. Once the job is done, the next thing you must do is take your Corvette for a drive.